One thing I think a lot people are pretty bad at is filtering content. We're overloaded with content now, and I hear a lot of people saying "X is bad because th

One thing I think a lot people are pretty bad at is filtering content. We're overloaded with content now, and I hear a lot of people saying "X is bad because there's bad content" where X can be Hacker News, Reddit, Twitter the news, etc. I've never really understand that, because it discounts the fact that there is enormous value in every medium, you just have to skip the bad stuff. I don't even notice that I do it, but hearing that made me realize how quickly I scan any of those media and just cherry pick the content I find valuable. Maybe I'm just not as curious as other people, but I feel no obligation to read or look at something if it fails a 2 second gut check of "does this add value to my life?" No doubt, I probably skip a lot of good stuff, but I'm fine with the false negatives if I feel like I'm getting the valuable stuff I want frequently enough.